EBSA European Under 21's Championship 2012

so the 9 year French old kid won a game Roy?

WOW tell me more !!!

Witz78 wrote:so the 9 year French old kid won a game Roy?

WOW tell me more !!!

He beat the (12 year old) Russian Ivan Kakovsky 3 - 0 (69-41, 59-18,69-62). In a way I'm more impressed that he took a frame off Bulgaria's Georgi Velichkov (age 17!)

Wales' Joel Walker (Group B) and Scotland's Eden Sharav (Group E) are the only players to have not dropped a frame.

Other undefeated players are Sam Harvey (Group A), 14 year old Mateusz Baranowski of Poland (Group B), Elliot Slessor (Group C), Shane Castle (Group D), Scott Donaldson (Group F), Poland's Grzegorz Biernadski (Group G), Michael Leslie (Group H), Jamie Clarke (Group J), Maor Shalom of Israel (Group K), Duane Jones (Group K), Michal Zielinski of Poland (Group L), Declan Brennan (Group L) and 13 year old Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy of Ukraine (whose victories in Group M have included 3 - 1 against Dale Lawrence and 3 - 0 against Karl Fitzpatrick).

There are those names again - Slessor, Harvey, Sharav, Castle. They are all heading in the right direction towards a snooker career. How is Ross Muir doing?

Sonny wrote:There are those names again - Slessor, Harvey, Sharav, Castle. They are all heading in the right direction towards a snooker career. How is Ross Muir doing?

Only defeat for Muir was a close 2 - 3 loss to Poland's Grzegorz Biernadski (whose recent form has been really good), so pretty good signs for Muir too.

Joel is English Roy.

roy142857 wrote:Wales' Joel Walker (Group B) and Scotland's Eden Sharav (Group E) are the only players to have not dropped a frame.

Other undefeated players are Sam Harvey (Group A), 14 year old Mateusz Baranowski of Poland (Group B), Elliot Slessor (Group C), Shane Castle (Group D), Scott Donaldson (Group F), Poland's Grzegorz Biernadski (Group G), Michael Leslie (Group H), Jamie Clarke (Group J), Maor Shalom of Israel (Group K), Duane Jones (Group K), Michal Zielinski of Poland (Group L), Declan Brennan (Group L) and 13 year old Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy of Ukraine (whose victories in Group M have included 3 - 1 against Dale Lawrence and 3 - 0 against Karl Fitzpatrick).

markj147 wrote:Joel is English Roy.

Oops - sorry 'bout that!

No probs. you're doing a cracking job of reporting the event just noticed that faux pas.:)

I'm sure Joel would be chuffed to be considered Welsh.;)

Completed Groups so far:

Group C
1. Elliot Slessor (England) 6 wins (Frame difference +16)
2. Brian Cini (Malta) 5 (+10)
3. Adam Stefanov 4 (+8)
4. Belan Sharif (Sweden) 3 (-1)
5. Tin Venos (Cyprus) 2 (-6)
6. Teodor Chomovski (Bulgaria) 1 (-10)
7. Tudor Popescu (Romania) 0 (-17)

Group G
1. Grzegorz Biernadski (Poland) 5 (+8)
2. Ross Muir (Scotland) 4 (+9)
3. Michael Betzinger (Germany) 3 (+6)
4. Alexander Kanchev (Bulgaria) 2 (-3)
5. Marco Mucci (Romania) 1 (-8)
6. Rodions Judins (Latvia (-12)

Group H
1. Michael Leslie (Scotland) 5 (+12)
2. Darryl Hill (Isle of Man) 3 (+4)
3. Simon Lichtenberg (Germany) 3 (+2)
4. Vergil Mavrodiev (Bulgaria) 2 (-6)
5. Jurian Heusdens (Belgium) 1 (-6)
6. Andrei Orzan (Romania) 1 (-6)

Group E
1. Eden Sharav (Scotland) 5 (+15)
2. David Cassidy (Ireland) 4 (+8)
3. Aaron Busuttil (Malta) 3 (+2)
4. Ivailo Pekov (Bulgaria) 2 (-5)
5. Kevin Wegmann (Switzerland) 1 (-7)
6. Daniel Kohout (Czechia) 0 (-11)

Group F
1. Scott Donaldson (Scotland) 5 (+11)
2. Matthew Calleja (Malta) 4 (+9)
3. Shachar Ruberg (Israel) 3 (+5)
4. Dimitar Mehandzhiyski (Bulgaria) 2 (-5)
5. Olli-Pekka Virho (Finland) 1 (-5)
6. Yannick Tarillon (France) 0 (-15)

Group J
1. Jamie Clarke (Wales) 5 (+13)
2. Josh Boileau (Ireland) 4 (+8)
3. Lukas Kleckers (Germany) 3 (+3)
4. Artem Smagin (Belarus) 2 (-3)
5. Wayne Pace (Malta) 1 (-8)
6. Vladu Mihai (Romania) 0 (-13)

Group K
1. Maor Shalom (Israel) 5 (+12)
2. Duane Jones (Wales) 4 (+8)
3. Karol Szuba-Jabłoński (Poland) 3 (+2)
4. Chris Peplow (Malta) 2 (-1)
5. Nathanaël Beckrich (France) 1 (-6)
6. Yana Shut (Belarus) 0 (-15)

Group M
1. Dale Lawrence (Wales) 4 (+8)
2. Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy (Ukraine) 4 (+7)
3. Karl Fitzpatrick (Ireland) 3 (+2)
4. Mario Amza (Romania) 2 (-4)
5. Siarhei Melnichonak (Belarus) 1 (-6)
6. Markus Pfistermüller (Austria) 0 (-7)

Some matches still being played 'of significance'

In Group A Sam Harvey and Ryan Cronin are through, but the remaining places depend on the result of Dominik Scherübl and Pawel Leyk - Leyk needs a win, if I have the tie break order right (frame difference, frames won, frames lost) Scherübl just needs 1 frame - Leyk is 1-0 up. A 3 - 0 win for Leyk puts Vilius Schulte of Lithuania through. I assume but am not sure that the next split would be head-to-head as 3 - 1 for Leyk would put Scherübl and Schulte on 12 frames won and 13 lost, and Scherübl beat Schulte in their match.

Georgi Velichkov is 2 - 0 up on Jaroslav Tichý - the winner goes through from Group B (Joel Walker, Mateusz Baranowski and Alexander Gauss are all through already)

Not sure what's going on with Group A, in the past hour Denislaw Popov's results have been removed, not sure if by intent, would change the situation a bit I think.

Group D
1. Shane Castle (England) 5 (+13)
2. Andreas Ploner (Austria) 4 (+5)
3. Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland) 3 (+4)
4. Alexis Callewaert (France) 2 (-2)
5. Alvyn Depoorter (Belgium) 1 (-5)
6. Toma Tomov (Bulgaria) 0 (-15)

Group B
1. Joel Walker (England) 6 (+18)
2. Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) 5 (+10)
3. Alexander Gauss (Austria) 4 (+6)
4. Georgi Velichkov (Bulgaria) 3 (0)
5. Jaroslav Tichý (Czechia) 2 (-6)
6. Nicolas Mortreaux (France) 1 (-10)
7. Ivan Kakovsky (Russia) 0 (-15)

Group L
1. Michal Zielinski (Poland) 5 (+10)
2. Declan Brennan (Northern Ireland) 4 (+7)
3. Nicky Godeyne (Belgium) 3 (+4)
4. Edward Topham (Wales) 2 (-1)
5. Marvin Losi (Switzerland) 1 (-8)
6. Mikita Strokin (Belarus) 0 (-12)

Unluckily for Dominik Scherübl the removal of Denislav Popov's results leaves him as the person not going through from Group A ...

1. Sam Harvey (England) 5 (+10)
2. Ryan Cronin (Ireland) 4 (+9)
3. Pawel Leyk (Germany) 2 (-1)
4. Vilius Schulte (Lithuania) 2 (-2)
5. Dominik Scherübl (Austria) 2 (-4)
6. Strafno Damiano (Cyprus) 0 (-12)

Last 48 matches (last 32 opponent in square brackets):

Alexis Callewaert (France) 3 - o David Cassidy (Ireland) [Joel Walker, England]

Duane Jones (Wales) 3 - 0 Ivailo Pekov (Bulgaria) [Brian Cini, Malta]

Darryl Hill (Isle of Man) 3 - 1 Mario Amza (Romania) [Michal Zielinski, Poland]

Artem Smagin (Belarus) 3 - 1 Michael Betzinger (Germany) [Scott Donaldson, Scotland]

Adam Stefanov (Poland) 3 - 0 Edward Topham (Wales) [Jamie Clarke, Wales]

Aaron Busuttil (Malta) 3 - 0 Vergil Mavrodiev (Bulgaria) [Dale Lawrence, Wales]

Dimitar Mehandzhiyski (Bulgaria) 3 - 1 Simon Lichtenberg (Germany) [Ross Muir, Scotland]

No details yet: Georgi Velichkov (Bulgaria) beat Karol Szuba-Jabłoński (Poland) [Shane Castle, England]

Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) 3 - 0 Shachar Ruberg (Israel) [Elliot Slessor, England]

Josh Boileau (Ireland) 3 - 0 Vilius Schulte (Lithuania) [Ryan Cronin, Ireland]

Declan Brennan (Northern Ireland) 3 - 1 Chris Peplow (Malta) [Grzegorz Biernadski, Poland]

Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland) 3 - 0 Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy (Ukraine) [Michael Leslie, Scotland]

Pawel Leyk (Germany) 3 - 1 Nicky Godeyne (Belgium) [Maor Shalom, Israel]

Alexander Gauss (Austria) 3 - 1 Belan Sharif (Sweden) [Sam Harvey, England]

Andreas Ploner (Austria) 3 - 0 Alexander Kanchev (Bulgaria) [Matthew Calleja, Malta]

Lukas Kleckers (Germany) 3 - 1 Karl Fitzpatrick (Ireland) [Eden Sharav, Scotland]

Not quite sure when this afternoon / evening the last 32 matches will be played, but the match streamed live appears to be Ross Muir of Scotland against Bulgaria's Dimitar Mehandzhiyski (who was a surprise winner against Germany's Simon Lichtenberg in the last 48).

Interesting the relative youth of the last 32 - well under 21 - 3 fourteen year olds, 5 fifteen year olds, 3 sixteen year olds and 6 seventeen year means that a majority are under 18. Could be seeing some of these names for quite a while.

keep up the good work Roy with your reporting of this.

i know i speak for many when i say we appreciate your efforts !!

Here we go with the last 32 results, dominated in large part by the British Isles and Polish players:

Joel Walker (England) 4 - 1 Alexis Callewaert (France)

Duane Jones (Wales) 4 - 0 Brian Cini (Malta)

Michal Zielinski (Poland) 4 - 0 Darryl Hill (Isle of Man)

Scott Donaldson (Scotland) 4 - 1 Artem Smagin (Belarus)

Jamie Clarke (Wales) 4 - 1 Adam Stefanow (Poland)

Adam Busuttil (Malta) 4 - 3 Dale Lawrence (Wales)

Ross Muir (Scotland) 4 - 0 Dimitar Mehandzhiyski (Bulgaria)

Shane Castle (England) 4 - 0 Georgi Velichkov (Bulgaria)

Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) 4 - 3 Elliot Slessor (England)

Josh Boileau (Ireland) 4 - 2 Ryan Cronin (Ireland)

Grzegorz Biernadski (Poland) 4 - 3 Declan Brennan (Northern Ireland)

Michael Leslie (Scotland) 4 - 1 Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)

Maor Shalom (Israel) 4 - 2 Pawel Leyk (Germany)

Sam Harvey (England) 4 - 2 Alexander Gauss (Austria)

Andreas Ploner (Austria) 4 - 2 Matthew Calleja (Malta)

Eden Sharav (Scotland) 4 - 0 Lukas Kleckers (Germany)

The last 16 match on live steaming tomorrow will be Scotland's Eden Sharav against Andreas Ploner of Austria.

roy142857 wrote:The last 16 match on live steaming tomorrow will be Scotland's Eden Sharav against Andreas Ploner of Austria.

And the match has now started ...

Come on Eden

... and Sharav takes it 4 - 1

Some nice play there.

Sam Harvey through 4 - 0 against Israel's Maor Shalom, Shane Castle too much for Ross Muir with another 4 - 0, likewise Michael Leslie against Grzegorz Biernadski of Poland. More of a surprise, Duane Jones beat Joel Walker 4 - 0 too.

Ireland's Josh Boileau 3 - 2 up on Poland's Mateusz Baranowski, Scott Donaldson 3-2 up on Michal Zielinski, and Jamie Clarke is 2 - 1 up on Malta's Aaron Busuttil.

Mateusz Baranowski beat Josh Boileau 4 - 3, Jamie Clarke won 4 - 2 against Aaron Busuttil and Scott Donaldson beat Michal Zielinski 4 - 2.

So Poland's Mateusz Baranowski is the only non-British player left in (and - with Shane Castle - one of two 14 year olds) as the quarter final stage is reached. Baranowski's match against Michael Leslie of Scotland will be the streamed match.

Duane Jones plays Scott Donaldson, Jamie Clarke plays Shane Castle and Sam Harvey plays Eden Sharav in the other matches.

Edit: Just realised, if this went to seeding, there'd be 3 Scottish players in the Semis.

Leslie 3 - 1 up on Baranowski in the streamed match.

Shane Castle coasted to a 5 - 0 win against Jamie Clarke.

Duane Jones and Scott Donaldson tied at 3 each, Sam Harvey 4 - 1 up on Eden Sharav.

Sam Harvey beat Eden Sharav 5 - 2 and Michael Leslie beat Mateusz Baranowski 5 - 1